----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Wallace <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] Mooh-Lasses?


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Reef Fish" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> >
> > Not sure if ALL the DMs in Southern Cal and Texas don't get wet.
> > Even the DM in WESTERN Florida (Redneck Riviera) get wet.  Jeff
> > can tell you how the DM tied the boat to a dumpster mistaking it
> > to be the barge we were supposed to dive.   >
>
> The DM's on the boats I have been frequenting in the Gulf don't get wet
> unless prodded to do so, although I can't imagine why you want to
encourage
> them to do so. :-)
>
> Mike
>
as a DM on a boat in FL, I get/got wet when someone paid to have a DM lead a
dive or a wreck dive was being done in which case I got to do two bounce
dives (1 to tie off and 1 to retrieve the line - now that was fun.)  Other
than that, I stayed on the boat and watched and waited.

CH